Chapter 176: Chapter 81: Celestial Thunder Induction

Ji Yizong was an Inner Sect Disciple of the Supreme Profound Upper Yang Sect. After being easily defeated while competing for the position of a True Disciple, he had no choice but to serve in the Northern Army Governor’s Mansion, seeking a sliver of a chance at Core Formation.

If he stayed in the Sect, an ordinary Inner Sect Disciple like him would be bogged down by mundane affairs just to earn resources for cultivation. Among those who could truly succeed in Core Formation, not even one in a hundred made it.

Coming to the Northern Army Governor’s Mansion, however, offered a generous stipend and opportunities to earn merit, increasing his chances of Core Formation by ten or fifteen percent.

After the Nine Yang Sect was annihilated, the Supreme Profound Upper Yang Sect took on the great responsibility of confronting the Four Demon Sects. Within the entire Northern Army Governor’s Mansion, nearly forty percent of the cultivators were disciples of the Supreme Profound Upper Yang Sect.

After Ji Yizong joined the Demon Suppression Army, he had seniors looking out for him, so everything went smoothly, and he secured the position of a Yu Hou.

Although it was just a minor official post, he could be promoted quickly as long as he accumulated enough Merit Points.

The discovery that Senior Brother Wu Siming was being controlled by the Dark Room dealt a huge blow to the officers from their faction of the Supreme Profound Upper Yang Sect. Many planned promotions were put on hold, and all identities needed to be re-verified.

Although Meng Sima also came from the Supreme Profound Upper Yang Sect, he didn’t show them the slightest bit of favoritism.

Ji Yizong was only assigned to guard Yang Jing after passing this investigation.

Heavy curtains hung within the courtyard residence, making it difficult to clearly see Yang Jing, who sat inside. But Ji Yizong didn’t dare show the slightest bit of neglect.

This was the formidable man who had single-handedly slain a Foundation Establishment Perfection Demon Corpse and a Foundation Establishment Perfection True Disciple Demon Cultivator.

Afterward, the medical officers of the Northern Army Governor’s Mansion had carefully examined the three bodies that were carried out. They found that Wu Siming had been killed by Sword Qi Thunder Sound. As for the Elephant Power Demon Corpse, its head had been chopped clean off by a sharp blade.

Furthermore, traces of scorching Five Elements True Thunder remained at the scene.

’Sword Qi Thunder Sound… Even among the True Disciples of the Taixu Sword Sect, only a third of the Sword Cultivators could reach that realm.’

’What’s more, his most formidable skill is probably his Thunder Technique.’

Assigned to guard Yang Jing in shifts, Ji Yizong didn’t dare to be the least bit negligent, fearing he might say something inappropriate and offend this formidable man.

Even the Armored Warriors held their breath while on patrol, afraid of disturbing Yang Jing’s cultivation.

Yang Jing sat peacefully behind the curtains, drawing the Yang Fire Qi from the sky into his body and, using Nine Breath Qi Refining, converted it into a speck of Sun True Fire.

This was his daily practice.

As the Sun True Fire was refined into him, his True and False Five Elements Wheel became increasingly real, showing a trend of Transforming Void into Reality.

After finishing this practice, Yang Jing turned his attention to studying the Taixiao True Thunder. Possessing the Talent to master the Five Thunders, he was an absolute genius in Thunder Techniques; even Yinjiao’s progress in Thunder Techniques couldn’t match his.

He certainly wouldn’t use the Shenxiao Thunder Seal to condense a Secret Character Thunder Talisman, as that would only be cutting off his own future path. However, it was still possible to use the Taixiao True Thunder stored within the Shenxiao Thunder Seal to comprehend Thunder Techniques.

Yang Jing had already refined this Treasure Seal. By channeling his Magical Power, he could release a bolt of purple Taixiao True Thunder and perceive its divine rhythm.

In the past few days, he already had a faint premonition that he was about to form his own Secret Character Thunder Talisman.

Ji Feng returned carrying a large basket of food containers. Chi Yu followed behind her, holding a large skewer of candied Spirit Fruits and eating with great delight.

To compensate Yang Jing, the Northern Army Governor’s Mansion granted him some of the privileges of a Golden Core Cultivator. His three meals a day were all supplied by Feixian Tower.

After feasting heartily, a very satisfied Yang Jing absorbed the billowing Blood Qi released from the Spiritual Food into his Acupoints.

While clearing the bowls and chopsticks, Iron Head said to Yang Jing:

“Master, I have a lead on how to refine the Blood Pearls into elixirs.”

During this time, he had spent quite a few Merit Points exchanging them for Pill Formulas and Spirit Medicines from the secret vault of the Five Armies Governor’s Mansion, and he had reaped considerable rewards.

Yang Jing was overjoyed. Once he entered the Demon Realm formed from the ruins of the Nine Yang Sect, he could get as many of these Blood Pearls from Celestial Demons as he wanted. If they could truly be made into pills, then he wouldn’t have to wait another ten years to accumulate enough qi and blood for his second Cocoon Formation and Embryonic Development.

“This Pill Formula was possible thanks to Martial Aunt Yang Jingxu. I ran into her by chance when I went to the secret vault to exchange for Spirit Medicines. I only mentioned that you, Master, needed a type of blood-replenishing Spirit Pill, and she gave me her family’s heirloom Pill Formula. This formula is called the Nine Revolutions Green Blood Pill, and it’s meant to help Body Refining Cultivators pass the True Blood stage.”

Body Refining Cultivators were almost all “pill jars,” needing to consume all sorts of elixirs to raise their Cultivation.

The fact that Yang Jing and Iron Head were able to achieve Foundation Establishment with the True Yang Body so quickly was largely thanks to the various Spirit Pills they obtained from the Profound Carp Association.

A Spirit Pill that could help one pass the True Blood stage was equivalent to a Barrier-Breaking Pill for a Qi Cultivator. This gift was by no means a light one.

“Have Yang Jingxu and the others been released?”

These past few days, Yang Jing had focused all his attention on improving his Cultivation Technique and comprehending his Thunder Technique, paying no mind to the outside world.

But since the Demon Cultivator’s identity was confirmed to be Wu Siming, the suspicion on them was naturally cleared. It was only logical that they would be released.

After finishing lunch, Yang Jing took a short nap. His four disciples exchanged insights with each other. It was mainly Ji Feng asking questions and Iron Head answering.

Most of the questions were about the True Phoenix Body.

Iron Head had already comprehended the True Yang Body to the realm of Peak of Perfection, so he had no problem answering.

Even Yinjiao gained significant insights from some of the principles discussed.

The Supreme Nine Transformations of the Dragon Scripture he practiced also had steps similar to Body Refinement, but it required condensing Acupoints with True Dragon Blood. The Acupoints that needed to be opened were also vastly different from those in ordinary Body Refining Techniques.

Only Chi Yu, who was drowsy from eating too much, listened half-heartedly.

The Governor’s Mansion didn’t have a Heavenly Phenomenon Array to regulate the weather like the Five Elements True Spirit Sect. Suddenly, the sky changed. Layers upon layers of clouds gathered, surging and churning like furious waves.

BOOM!

A serpentine bolt of lightning shot out from the clouds, stretching for several miles before soaring back into them, like a True Dragon whose head and tail could not be seen.

Yang Jing, deep in sleep, felt a brilliant light erupt within his Dantian. Sensing the True Thunder outside, a ball of dazzling golden Divine Light formed within him.

Responding to the changes in the lightning outside, this golden light also flickered nonstop, coalescing into a single mass.

In the eyes of Iron Head, Yinjiao, and the others, they saw their Master’s body become covered in purple lightning, resonating with the fierce thunder in the sky.

Suddenly, a blazing bolt of lightning struck down from the sky. The dazzling light instantly blinded Yu Hou Ji Yizong and the numerous Armored Warriors.

“This is bad!”

Iron Head activated his Celestial True Gang, about to block the lightning for his Master.

Yinjiao hurriedly stopped him.

“Senior Brother, stop! The reason Master was so drowsy today was due to a heavenly induction. He sensed today’s thunderstorm and is using his sleep state, free of thoughts and distractions, to condense the Secret Character Thunder Talisman for the Taixiao True Thunder.”

In the time it took them to speak, the lightning, as if it had a life of its own, bypassed the roof beams and pillars and struck Yang Jing directly.

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